Railway-tie.



P. E. PERU. RAILWAY TIE. APPLIOATION FILED rm. 7, 1913.

1,080,473., Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

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PETER E. PERO, OF DORGHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

RAILWAY-TIE.

Application filed February 7, 1913.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Dec. 2, 1913.

Serial No. 746,848.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER E. PERO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dorchester, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

This invent-ion relates to improvements in railway ties.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tie preferably composed of concrete or other similar compositions, reinforced by a plurality of metallic rods, to materially prolong the longevity of the same.

Another object of the invention is to provide in connection with a tie of this character a plurality of tubular members, so disposed in relation to the rails as to receive the rail spikes in the usual manner, thereby holding the rails in proper place upon the tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a tie of the above mentioned cha 'acter which is of such novel and peculiar construction as to prevent lateral spreading of the rails as well as vertical vibratory movement thereof, and to overcome the other di'lliculties heretofore experienced where ordinary wooden ties are used.

lVith the above and various other objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the provision of a one piece concrete tie, reinforced throughout its entire length and provided with a plurality of tubular members each adapted to receive a wooden plug, whereby spikes of ordinary construction may be driven and hold fast within the tie.

Certain other features of construction together with the combination and arrangement of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically pointed out in the appended claim must be reasonably considered in determining the advantages and novel features of this invention.

In describing my invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of a tie constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. l is a detail section of one of the tubular members.

In referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein is illustrated the preferred form of my invention, the numeral 1 designates the tie complete, preferably composed as above stated, of concrete or other similar composition, and reinforced throughout its entire length by a plurality of parallel metallic rods or stringers 2, certain of which are disposed within the tie in such a manner as to prevent lateral movement in one direction of the vertically extending tubular members 3, the detail construction of which will be hereinafter fully described. The said members 3, of which there are eight more or less as desired, are sunk within the concrete tie, two upon each side of a pair of recesses l provided upon the top face of said tie to receive the base of the usual rails 5 thus preventing lateral spreading thereof. The lower extremity of each member 3 is provided with a pair of oppositely disposed anchors (3, either cast from wrought iron pipe or other suitable material or especially shaped during the manufacture thereof, or split and turned outwardly from an ordinary member of tubular form. By oppositely disposing the anchors, as is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4 oi. the drawings a removal of the member is rendered impossible without breaking or otherwise defacing the tie.

\Vhile the recesses 41: prevent lateral spreading of the rails, vertical vibratory movement is prevented, and the rails are held in proper place through the medium oi the usual spikes 7, the same being driven into wooden plu S litted within the tubular members 3, so as to allow the head 5) of the spike to overlap the rail base in the usual manner.

From the above taken in cormection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that a railway tie constructed in accordance with my invention will last indefinitely, as the plugs 8 upon rotting, may be removed and new plugs substituted, in which event an accidental loosening or a removal of the spikes is rendered l ar less likely than at present.

By driving the spikes into the plugs in the ordinary manner, a firmer and stronger hold is obtained therein, by reason of the limit-ed area in which said plug is allowed to expand as the walls of the tubular members will not yield owing to the concrete body surrounding them. Attention is also called to the fact that the tubular members being entirely incased within the concrete body the same are protected against the injurious effects that would otherwise occur were they exposed to the varying weather conditions; that by the provision of the op positely disposed anchors, a removal of the members is impossible; and that the extreme simplicity of construction will permit the ties to be manufactured and placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

It is thought fro-m the foregoing that the advantages and novel features of my device Will be fully appreciated.

I desire it to be understood that I may make slight changes in the construction and in the arrangement and combination of the several parts, provided such changes fall within the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of a tie body of plastic material having recesses in the upper face thereof within which the rail base of a railway rail is adapted to fit, a plurality of vertically extending tubular sockets inserted within the said body, one upon each side of the said recesses, the lower end of each of the said tubular sockets being split throughout a portion of its length, the split portion of the respective socket being bent oppositely to form anchors therefor, the said lower end of each socket being closed by forcing the wallsthereof inwardly to form an indenture within which the plastic material is filled to prevent vertical movement of the said socket independent of the tie body, a plug fitting each of the said sockets,

the said plug adapted to receive the rail fastening means, the said socket providing a reinforcement for the plastic body, as and for the purpose set forth.

GRACE A. BUTTERFIELD, GEORGE T. BUTTERJEIELD.

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